Investors want founders who understand the financial reality of their business. Messy data, misunderstood metrics, or waiting until you’re nearly out of cash to start fundraising...
More money isn’t always better. Manan Mehta from Unshackled Ventures breaks down why investors who understand your story, your purpose, and why you’re building can be...
Starting a company as an immigrant founder is like playing the entrepreneurship game on hard. On this episode of Build Mode, Isabelle Johannessen talks with Manan...
This week on Build Mode Unshackled Ventures’ Manan Mehta asks the question: If the best opportunities rarely fit an existing pattern, if every breakthrough looks different...
Building a great product is one thing. Getting a company like Nvidia to put its name behind it is something else entirely. In this episode of...
Is AI venture capital in a bubble, or are we just in the steepest growth curve anyone’s ever seen? At StrictlyVC Los Angeles 2026, TechCrunch’s Editor-in-Chief...
Fresh off raising a $1.3 billion fund, Eclipse Ventures is doubling down on what it calls physical AI. In this StrictlyVC interview from our 2026 event...
If one thing has become clear this season, finding the right talent for your team isn’t as easy as picking from a pile of resumes This...
The VC middleman is getting cut out faster than anyone expected. Family offices and private wealth firms are going direct: writing checks, taking board seats, even...